Opiod!Mode

My checking in time is 12:30-1:00 and that seems fine to me. But I would like to know why anyone would want to check in early. If your room will not be ready until 1 or later. Why get on early.

We just got back from a cruise out of New Orleans on Carnival Dream, in a suite again. Last year we had a suite so we automatically had FTTF but it was still 1.5 hours of total hell standing in line in Galveston. Apparently they give FTTF to waaaay too many people.This time I picked the latest check in time available and we spent some fun time sight seeing in NOLA and check in was 15 minutes, went straight to our room where luggage came within an hour. I will check in late every time now. Trust me, you will be tired of the same food for 7 days soon enough.

We did the dining time where we sat the same table every night at 6:00 with 2 people who were nice but we had little in common with. I also am spending the entire time with my hubby so I prefer not to sit at a 2 top at dinner too. We always do YTD now and ask for a table with people when we feel like it. One thing I don't know how to ask is, can we sit with a table of somewhat younger people? We are very youthful, active 52 year olds with no children. Hubby is a personal trainer, I work in a large co in IT with millenials. I'm glad to chat with new people but It's often hard to relate to retired folks talking about grandkids. I wish the cruise lines would stop segregating the tables by age. I love diversity.